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Definitions of caste:
  • noun:   a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
  • noun:   (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
  • noun:   social status or position conferred by a system based on class
    Example: "Lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"



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